This render exists because I was browsing Textures.com and found pictures of alpha masked cracks. I saw the cracks and thought: lightning! …and also cracks, but glowing. I took it into Blender and made the original version of this render, which was created as part of a short lived attempt at a daily render series last year. Held back by a lack of time and an abundance of technical issues, the environment wasn’t great. A few months later I decided i liked the lightning ball too much to leave it in such a sorry state, so I remastered it! Now it’s one of my favorite renders.
I still like the idea of the hexagonal pillars from the original so I’ll revisit that concept at some point, but I haven’t decided on a project yet.
The original render
